Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 11:22
And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
Verse 22. From the wilderness even unto Jordan.] From Arabia Deserta on the east to Jordan on the west.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
The coasts, or borders, together with all the land included within those borders; for so that word is oft used, as Exo 8:2; Psa 147:14; Jer 15:13; 17:3.
The wilderness, to wit, the desert of Arabia.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites,…. Peaceably and quietly, nor did any pretend to call their right in question, or dispute their title, or give them any disturbance:
from Arnon unto Jabbok: which was the length of the country, and the direction was from south to north, and reached from the river Arnon, the border of Moab, to the river Jabbok, the border of Ammon; so that it included no part of what was at this time in the possession of either:
and from the wilderness even unto Jordan; which was the breadth of it, and its direction was from the west to the east, reaching from the wilderness of Arabia to the river Jordan.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
“And they possessed all the border of the Amorites, from Arnon even to Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to Jordan. So now Yahweh, the God of Israel, has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and should you possess them?”
So Jephthah emphasised that their right to possession of the land was because they had possessed it when Yahweh had dispossessed the Amorites on their behalf. Thus the Ammonites and Moabites had no right of possession such as they claimed. Let them beware. Yahweh would not be pleased with their claims.
Note what he was trying to do. He was not denying that the Ammonites could argue that if they conquered it then it meant that their god had given them the land as against Yahweh. He would have accepted that as being correct. But what he wanted them (and Yahweh and Chemosh and Melek) to recognise was that if they did so it was by right of conquest, not because of any previous rights. They had no justification other than conquest. Thus no nationalistic pride was involved. They had no inherent right to it.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Jdg 11:22 And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
Ver. 22. See Trapp on “ Jdg 11:21 “
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
And they: Deu 2:36
from the wilderness: From Arabia Deserta on the east, to Jordan on the west.
Reciprocal: Jos 12:2 – Jabbok